TUNE IN ALERT: One of the Arab World’s Most Transformative Leaders Explored in NASSER’S REPUBLIC, THE MAKING OF EGYPT Premieres June 7 On KCET
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NASSER’S REPUBLIC, THE MAKING OF EGYPT Premieres on Weds., June 7 at 10 p.m. PT on KCET in Southern California
KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, announced today the telecast of NASSER’S REPUBLIC,THE MAKING OF EGYPT. This is the first film created for an American audience about Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the Arab world's most transformative leaders. In 1952, as an unknown, young, Egyptian colonel, Nasser led a coup that became a revolution.
He emerged a titanic figure- a champion of Arab progress and African liberation. However, what he could not offer was democracy. Instead, he established the region's first and much emulated military authoritarian regime. A man of enormous charisma and ambition, Nasser became caught in the coils of his own power, dying at 52 with his revolution unfinished and many dreams unrealized. The Arab Spring and its aftermath are his legacy.
The documentary was produced and directed by Michal Goldman who introduced Arab musical culture to thousands of Americans with her film “Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt.”
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